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HIGHIGAN, ASSIGNOB TO BUBBOUGHS ADDING ACCOUNTING MACHINE Application med July 19,

7 will be promoted by first referring to a few simple examples of the work to be done. In banking work, the bookkeeper must take a customers old balance, subtract checks against it, add deposits, and strike a new balance. A machine of the Burroughs ty e for doing this work is shown in Rinse e Patent No. 1,172fi84, February 22, 1916. The old balance may he put in this machine, the checks subtracted, the deposits added and a new balance obtained. It is desirable, however, to store the new balances in the machine so that a total of the new balances may be obtained when all accounts have been posted. 'llhis cannot be done in the machine of the Rinsche patent and the present invention relates to an improvement for accomplishing this result among others. it is also desirable to have a total of the checks that have been subtracted in the above example in order that this total may he compared with a prelist which is usually furnished the bookkeeper.

The present invention provides a machine in which the checlrs may be added separately at the same time they are subtracted from the old balance. A. wide variety of other operations and groups of operations may be performed as will appear later, the machine being highly flexible so that it may be easily adapted to different special accounting and statistical systems.

Some of the objects or the invention are:

To provide an improved construction by means of which items may be listed and added in one counter and simultaneously substracted from another;

1926'. Serial Bo. 128,897.

To provide an improved machine inwhich items may be listed and simultaneously added in two counters;

To provide a'machine in which a total may be taken or the amount in either counter including a true negative total or overdraft in the subtraction counter;

To provide a machine in which a total may be transferred from either counter to the other including the transfer 01? a negative total from the subtraction counter to the other counter.

To provide an improved construction by means of which a total may be taken from one counter and simultaneousl subtracted from another;

To provide an improved machine in which a sub-total may be taken on either counter and transferred to the other; and

To provide a machine in which a sub-total may be taken on one counter and simultaneously subtracted from any amount already accumulated in the other, or iii no amount is standing in said other counter to show a true negative total in said counter.

one objects are to provide an improved mechanism for controlling two separate counters by means of one total key; to pro vide an improved non-add controlling mechanism for the counters; to provide an improved means for moving one of said counters into and out of active position; and to provide an improved carrying or transfer mechenism.

@ther objects and advantages or the invention will hereinafter appear.

rip embodiment of the invention is shown intne accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a left side elevation of the machine with the casin removed.

Fig. 2 is a rent elevation of the machine with the casing removed.

Fig. 3 is a partial side view showing the lower counter and its controls in normal position.

Fig. i is a perspective view of the left end of the lower counter and its controls viewing these parts from the rear.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section showing the shaft mounting for the counter pinions.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rock shaft and. associated arts for moving the lower counter into an' out of active position.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the cams for moving the rock shaft-illustrated in Fig. 6.

Fig.8 is a fragmentary plan view of the lower counter and its actuating mechanism and controls.

Fi 9 is a fragmentary side elevation showing t e lowercounter in its mid-position as" it moves into andout of active osition.

Fig. 10 is a fra entar side elevation showing the non-ad c ontro s for displacing the means for moving the lower counter into active position.

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the lower counter showing the carrying mechanism in normal position.

Fig. 12 is a side elevation of the lower counter showing the carrying mechanism tripped to initial carry position.

Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the lower counter showing the carrying mechanism in the position it occupies after a carrying has been effected. 1:

Fig. 14 is a partial left side elevation showing bothcounters and their controls with the controls for the upper counter in non-add pocertain of the control parts showingparticularly the inter-relation between the non-add control for the upper counter, the controls for the lower counter, and the total key;

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary side elevation showing how the non-add controls for the upper counter and the controls for the lower counter are released by the rocking hail of the machine when operation has been completed.

Fig. 18 is a fragmentary side elevation and section illustrating how the non-add control mechanism for the lower counter is also released by the rocking bail of the machine as an operation is completed.

Fig. 19 is a perspective view showing the interlock between the carrying mechanism and the controls for the lower counter for preventing o erationof thecontrols'if the carrying mec anism is not in normal position.

Fig. 20 is an enlarged View of a portion of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 19.

Fig. 21 is a fragmentary side elevation illustrating the inter-lock between the controls 7 for the lower counter and the subtraction lever to prevent movement of the lower counter the negative total lock with the parts in the position they occupy when the machine is in condition for addition and a positive total is in the upper counter.

Fig. 24: is a partial side elevation similar to Fig. 23 showing the position of the parts and the controlling lever is placed in addition position.

Fig. 25 is a partial plan view of the rear endof the machine showing an example of work.

The invention is illustrated in connection with the Burroughs type of adding and listing machine although not necessarily limited in its application thereto. in order to avoid unnecessary description of various well known features of the Burroughs machine, reference is made to Burroughs Patents No. 504,963 and No. 505,078 issued September 12, 1893, and to 'when a negative total is in the upper counter others that will be mentioned from time to" time which clearly illustrate and describe in detail the various Burroughs constructions that will be referred to only generally in this application.

GENERAL STRUCTURE The machine is provided with the familiar reciprocatory racks or actuators 610, mounted in the usual way for carrying purposes on levers 611 having a segmental series of type plates 618 at their rear ends with which is associated the usual Burroughs printing mechanism. These actuators are normally upheld by a swinging frame or bail 617 (Fig.

14) and are individually released and their descent controlled by the usual stop Wires set in the familiar way by the depression of amount keys 291. The mechanism is actuated by the rock shaft 800 which is oscillated by a second rock shaft 400 that in turn is oscillated by the handle of the machine or by a'motor. An arm 813 fixed to the rock shaft 800 carries a pass-bypawl 821 positioned to engage studs on the three armed lever 913 connected to the pitman 91 i that rocks the accumulator or counter into and out of engagement with the actuator racks.

The various 'keys and controls of the machine are restored to normal position by a, release bail 202 gFig. 17) which is rocked forward by the ull stroke -'sector 311 that strikes the downwardly projecting arm of, a three armed lever 312 at the end of the return stroke of the operating mechanism. The rearwardly extending arm of the three armed lever 312 carries a pivoted pass-by pawl 313 that strikes a cam roller 314 onthe end done of the arms 315 carrying the re lease bail 202.

AUTOMATIC CARRIAGE the machine to be automatically conditioned for different operations in different columnar positions of the carriage; for the carriage to automatically return to its starting osition and line space after it has tabulate across the machine; and for the carriage to be automatically returned or moved to predetermined positions by depression of certain control keys.

The carriage is illustrated in Fig. 1 .being designated enerally by the reference numeral 10. his carriage, its connection with the machine, and the motor control therefor are substantially similar to those described in Muller Patent No. 1,397 ,7 7 4, November 22, 1921, and Rinsche Patent No. 1,580,534, April 13, 1926, to which reference may be had for details.- It is provided with a normal key operating like that shown in Kilpatrick Patout No. 1,152,517, Se tember 7 1915, whose depression disables t e carriage tabulating mechanism and enables the line spacing means. The carriage may control the automatic split or cipher cut out as shown in said Kilpatrick patent and in Gascon No. 1,395,991, November 1, 1921, so that by the use of a split platen illustrated in Fig. 25 and of the mechanism described in said patents operations on a separate list or proof sheet may be carried on at the same time that postin is done.

ilthough the machine is primarily automatic, the description of its mechanism will be more easily understood by following through the operations without regard to how they are controlled and in some cases as though they were hand controlled. but it will be understood that the various operations are automatic and that the various groups of operations of which the machine is capable are controlled in the sequence desired by adj ustment of the automatic controlling mechanism.

' UPPER COUNTER The upper counter will both add and subtract and it is referred to as the upper or sub: traction counter, but it will be understood that wherever the term subtraction counter is used it is used only for convenience in distinguishing the upper from the lower counter and that the subtraction counter will add as well as subtract.

The upper counter and its controls are of the type shown and described in Rinsche Patents No. 1,172,484, February 22, 1916 and No. 1,179,564, April 18, 1916 and the mechanism will be described only generally here, reference being made to'said patents for details.

, The countercom rises two sets of pinions 20 and 21 in mesh with each other and mounted on opposite sides of the pivot 22 of a rocking cradle 23 mounted in a rocking counter frame 24 which, in turn, is pivoted on frame studs 25 on the side frames of the machine. The position of the cradle determines which set 0 pinions shall engage the actuator racks 610 when the frame 24 is moved to engage the counter with the racks. When the pinions 20 are engaged with the racks they are rotated in one direction to perform addition and when the pinions 21 are moved into engagement with the racks, the rotation of these pinions will rotate the pinions 20, which are then out of en agement, in the opposite direction with t e result that subtraction is performed.

Annrrroiv on SUBTRAGTION on Ur-Pris Germans The upper counter is normally in mesh with the actuator racks as shown in Fig. 1. At the beginning of the forward stroke of the machine, the arm 813 is rocked counterclockwise, causing the pass-by pawl 821 to rock the three armed lever 913 counter-clockwise to move the pitman 91 1 forward or to the right in Fig. 1. The upper branch of the "forward end of the pitman ngages a stud on the counter "frame to rock the counter out oi engagement with the racks. lhe counter remains out of engage lent racks during their descent and until just at the end of the forward st oke of the machine when a stud 26 on the oscillating arm 813 engages a shoulder 27 on the link 28 connected to the counter frame thereby pulling the link rearward to rock the counter frame to move the counter into engagement with the racks so that, when the racks are returned to normal position, the amount set up in the machine will he transferred additively to the counter. Upon the return stroke of the machine, the arm 813 is rocked clockwise and its pass-by pawl 821 would normally engage a stud on the three-armed lever 913 to rock that lever clockwise to pull the pitman 914 to the rear but the pitman is normally connected tothe counter frame as shown in Fig. 1 and since that frame has already been rocked back to the position of Fig. 1 by the link 28 the lever 913 has already been returned clockwise to the position of ig. 1 and action by the pass-by pawl is unnecessary.

Subtraction is performed in the same way except that the cradle is positioned so that the lower set or pinions 21 is brought into engagement with the racks instead of the upper set 20. This causes the pinions 20 to be rotated in the opposite direction to subthe . counter is of the familiar Burroughs type and is described in detail in Rinsche Patent N 0. 1,172,484 to which reference is made, the

- same carrying mechanism serving both sets of pinions in the upper counter. The automatic means for supplying the fu itive 1 at the proper time 1s also describe in said patent and the same construction is used in the present machine but, in order to avoid confusion, it will not be illustrated or described in detail, reference being made to the patent.

SUBTRACTION CONTROLLING MEANS The position of the cradle carrying the two sets of pinions in the upper counter frame is determined by a lever 30, which, for convenience, is called the subtraction lever, although it conditions the machine for addition as well as subtraction.

The lever is pivoted at 31 (Fig. 14) and provided with a rearwardly extending arm connected to a vertical link 32 having a lateral arm 33 carrying a roller operating in a cam slot in a pitman 34 pivoted at its forward end to a cam lever 35. The lower end of the link 32 is forked and the forked end extends over a stud in the machine which guides its vertical movement. As

illustrated in Fig. 1, the lever 30 is in addition position. When it is pulled forward from this position to the subtraction position it raises the link 32 and the pitman 34 thereby positioning a shoulder 36 on the pitman in the path of a stud 37 on a plate 38 fixed to the oscillating shaft 800. Accordingly, during the forward stroke of the machine the stud 37 engages the shoulder 36 and pulls the pitman 34 to the rear.

The pitman 34 pulls the lever 35 clockwise about its pivot 31 and this lever has a cam slot 39 in which travels a roller on a pivoted arm 40 whose forward end is forked and engages over a stud on a rearwardly projecting arm of the cradle 23 carrying the two sets of counter pinions. When the pitman 34 is moved to the rear the arm 40 is moved'counter-clockwise which rocks the upper set of pinions out of position to engage the racks and places the lower set in position to engage the racks. This rocking movement occurs during the forward stroke of the machine and after the upper counter is moved out of engagement with the racks by the pitman 914. This disengagement of the counter from the racks takes place before the cradle is rocked so that the pinions are free of the racks when the rocking action occurs.

The forward end of the arm 35 has a double nosed cam end 41 operating on a stud'42 on a pivoted arm 43 whose lower end engages a stud 44 on a locking lever 45 that locks the cradle in either of its two positions. When the'pitman 34 moves either forwardly or rearwardliy the first action of the cam arm 41 is to un tions.

ock the cradle after which the cradle is moved through the me dium of the forked arm 40 and its co'nnec- When the subtraction lever 30 is moved to addition position after a subtraction. has been performed, the link 32 and its pit man 34 are moved downwardlg to put a shoulder 46 on the lower arm 0 CARRIAGE CONTROL or UPPER COUNTER The position of the subtraction lever is controlled automatically from the paper carriage so that by setting rollers or tappets on the carriage the machine will automatically add or subtract in the upper counter depending upon the columnar position of the carriage. The details of the mechanism are described in Rinsche Patent N 0. 1,179,564 and Muller Patent No. 1,397,774, November 22, 1921 and will be only briefly referred to herein. Suitable rollers on the carriage act on one arm 50 of a yoke (Fig. 1) whose other arm 51 is connected to a lever 52 pivoted at 53. Lever 52 has an inwardly extending stud engaging a rearwardly extending arm on a pivoted bell crank lever 54 whose upper end carries'a stud adapted to engage a slot in a link 55 connected to the subtraction lever 30. When the mechanism is conditioned for automatic operation, if the roller or tappet on the'carriage strikes the arm 50 it rocks it to rock the arm 52 clockwise which in turn rocks. the arm 54 clockwise and thrusts the link 55 forward to push the subtractioncontrol lever to subtraction position. This conditions the machine to perform subtraction as hereinbefore described' pitman 34 into the path of a stud 47 on the oscillating ated unless the next succeeding roller on the carriage maintains the subtraction lever in subtraction position.

TOTAL A D SUB-.TOTAL 0N UPPER COUNTER When a total is to be taken on the upper counter the total key 60 is depressed, said key being connected to a bell crank lever 61 carrying a stud 62 positioned so as to act -be moved to throw the counter out of engagement with the actuator racks when the pitman is moved at the beginning of the forward stroke of the operating mechanism. If the counter is in engagement withthe racks no movement of the frame will take place during the initial part of the forward stroke, but if the counter should be out of engagement with the racks the lower branch of the pitman- 914 is in position to engage the lower stud 64 on the counter frame to rock the counter into engagement with the actuator racks and the counter remains in engagement with the racks during their descent. Since it is in engagement at the end of the forward stroke of the machine the stud 26 on the oscillating arm 813 does not act on the link 28 as the link has already been moved rearwardly.

At the beginning of the return stroke the pass-by pawl 821 acts on a'stud on the threearmed lever 913 which is thereby rocked clockwise to pull the pitman 914 rearwardly. The lower branch of the pitman being in engagement with the stud 64 on the counter frame, the pitman rocks the frame to move the counter out of engagement with the racks at the beginning of the return stroke of the machine and just prior to the ascent of the racks. This manner of taking a total is well known in Burroughs machines and need not be described in further detail, reference be ing made to the Burroughs patents heretofore mentioned.

When a sub-total is to be taken the subtotal key 65 is depressed, the stem of said key acting on the total key bell crank lever 61 to move the link 63 downward to disable the connections for moving the upper counter out of engagement with the racks at the beginning of the forward stroke. In the taking of a sub-total it is necessary to allow the counter to remain in engagement with the racks during their ascent instead of disengaging it prior to the ascent of the racks as in taking a total. The bell crank lever 86 to which the sub-total key stem is connected is connected to a link 67 (Fig. 15) having a stud 68 which, when the sub-total key is depressed, strikes the upper end of a pivoted lever 69 and rocks it to the position shown in Fig. 14 to disable the pass-by pawl 821 thereby preventing the three-armed lever 913 from being rocked clockwise to move the pitman 914 to disengage the counter.

Nncarrvn TOTAL on SUB-TOTAL 0N Urrnn COUNTER A true negative total or sub-total may be taken on the upper counter by taking a total or a sub-total in the usual way when the subtraction lever is in subtraction position. In such event the pinions'21 are en- 'sliding motion of the yoke but gaged with the racks instead of the pinions 20'and the true 11 ative amount or overdraft is printed from t em. The fugitive one is automatically taken care of by mechanism provided for that purpose described in detail in Binsche Patent No. 1,172,484, F ebruary 22, 1916, to which reference is made.

Lownn COUNTER The lower counter is an independent adding accumulator cooperating with the same racks 610 as the upper counter, said racks being made longer than usual in order to engage with the lower counter.

The lower counter comprises a series of pinions 70 mounted on a sleeve 71 (Fig. 5) carried by a hollow shaft 72. The pinions are mounted in a-novel manner which enables them to rotate freely about the sleeve with minimum friction. Each has an internal concave race 73 for the reception of ball bearings 74. A hub member is provided for each inion, one side of which 75 is inclined to old the ball bearing in place and the other side of which is stral ht at the time the pinion is assembled on the hub. After the pinion is assembled and the ball bearings are in place, the other side of the hub is spun and crowded up until it occupies the inclined position 77 and combines with the other sur faces to hold the ball bearings in place. The shaft on which the pinions are rotatably mounted is carried by two side lates 78 and 79 (Fig. 8) pivoted to the sha 80 and connected together by suitable tie rods to form a movable lower counter frame. The lower counter frame is rocked on the shaft 80 to move the pinions into and out of engagement with the racks by a novel cam .mechanism as follows:

Slidably mounted on the shaft 80 is a yoke 81, one arm of which is connected to a sleeve 82 by means of which the yoke is slid along the shaft and the other arm of which has an extension 83 provided with an opening loosely receiving the rod 84 which permits revents it from rotating relative to the sha t 80. The yoke has oppositely extending projections, one extending up and the other extendin down, to the outer ends of which are pivoted pass-by pawls 85 and 86 (Fig. 10) carrying cam rollers 87 and 88 respectively. The pawls are normally drawn toward one another by springs 89 and 90 connected to their respective pawls and to the yoke. Movement of the pawls toward one another is limited by engagement of their respective studs 91 and 92 with suitable stops on the yoke.

The lower counter is moved into and out of engagement with the racks by a cam 93, illustrated in Fig. 7 which engages the cam rollers above described. This cam is fixed to the shaft 800 and oscillates back and forth with it. It has a plurality of cam surfaces formed by' the ends of metal plates that are riveted to ether to form the cam, these cam surfaces ing spaced laterally so that by shiftin the yoke 81 car 'ng the cam rollers di erent surfaces on t e cam 93 become active in moving the counter frame.

ADDmoN on L Go 1 r en the lower counter is to be used for addition the two cam surfaces 94 and 95 which are in line vertically are employed. The normal position of the parts is illus- 'trated in Fig. 3 where the counter is out of engagement with the racks. Assuming that the yoke 81 is in a position such that its cam be moved until just as the operating mechanism finishes its forward stroke when the cam surface 95 will engage the cam roller 88, which is below the center of the pivot of the counter frame, and rock said frame in a counter-clockwise direction to move the counter into engagement with the actuator racks. During this movement of the cam 93 the surface 95 is moved slightly beyond the cam roller 88 and upon the return stroke of the machine it will pass the roller and no movement of the counter frame will take place until the cam surface 94: has returned to a osition where it will engage the roller 87 w ich was moved into its path by the movement of the counter into engagement with the racks. The counter is held in the position to which it is rocked by the engagement of a pointed member (Fig. 6) on the shaft 80 with a spring-pressed detent 8O shown in Fig. 1. The contact of the cam surface 94 with the roller 87 takes place during the final part of the return, stroke and serves to rock the counter frame clockwise to disengage the counter from the racks at the end of the return stroke and after the racks have been returned to their normal position. The counter is thus kept out of engagement with the racks during their descent; is moved into engagement with them at the end of the forward stroke of the machine and rior' to the return of the racks to normal position; is allowed to remain in engagement with'the racks during their ascent to thereby add the amount in the counter; and finally is disengaged from the racks at the end of the return stroke of the machine.

TOTAL AND SUB-TOTAL 0N Lownn COUNTER When a total is to be taken it is necessary to have the counter in engagement with the racks durin their descent and out of engagement wlth them while they are being returned tonormalposition. For this purpose the cam surfaces 96 and 97 have been rovided and the yoke carrying the cam ro ers is moved laterall to position the cam rollers in the path of said surfaces. With the cams in the position illustrated in Fi 3, if the machine is operated, the cam sur ace 97 will strike the cam roller 88 at the be 'nning of the forward stroke and rotate t e counter frame counter-clockwise to move the counter intoengagement with the racks. The cam surface 96 passes the cam roller 87 and beyond it but does not thereby move the counter frame because the cam roller 87 yields against the tension of its spring 89. At the beginning of the return stroke, however, the cam surface 96 engages the cam roller 87 and rocks the counter frame clockwise to move the counter out of engagement with the racks prior to their being returned to normal position. During this movement the cam surface 97 passes the roller 88 which yields against the tension of its spring and the parts are returned to normal position illustrated in Fig. 3.

'When a sub-total is to be taken the cam surfaces 98 and 99 which are in vertical alignment, are employed. The cam surface 99 is in the same radial position as the surface 97 as will be clear from Fig. 7 and its action will be clear by reference to Fig." 3 where surface 97 is illustrated. At the be inning of the forward stroke the cam surf ce 99 engages the cam roller 88 and rocks the counter frame counter-clockwise to move the counter into engagement with the racks. In

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cam surface 99 remains inactive during the remainder of the forward stroke and during the return stroke. In returning to its original position it passes the cam roller 88 which yields against the tension of its holding spring 90. During the final part of the return stroke the cam surface 98 strikes the cam roller 87 which hasbeen moved into its path by the movement of the counter into active position and it thereupon rocks the counter frame clockwise to move the counter out of engagement with the racks after they have been returned to their normal position.

The yoke 81 carrying the cam rollers 87 and 88 is slidably moved to its various positions on the shaft80 by means of a bell crank lever 100 (Fig. 8), one arm of which has a pin engaging in an annular groove in the sleeve '82 connected to the yoke 81 and the other arm of which has a stud engaged by the forked end 101 of a lever 102 (Fig. 1). The lever102 is pivoted at 103 and its opposite end is connected to the lower end of a counter control lever 104, pivoted at 105. 

